When I was a lad I served a termAs office boy to an attorney's firm.I cleaned the wndows and I swept the floor,And I polished up the handle of the big front door.I polished up that handle so carefulleeThat now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!

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W. S. Gilbert was a 19th-century English dramatist, poet and illustrator. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Read more on Wikipedia →

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